The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber
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Of the Envious MAN and the MISER.
Of Jupiter thus I find ywrite, How, whilom, that he woulde wite, Upon the plaintes, which he herde Among the men, how that it farde, As of her wronge condition To do justificacion. And, for that cause, downe he sent An angel, which aboute went, That he the sooth knowe maie. Besides the works already mentioned our poet wrote the following: De Compunctione Cordi, in one book. Chronicon Ricardi secundi. Ad Henricum Quartum, in one book. Ad eundem de Laude Pacis, in one book. De Rege Henrico, quarto, in one book. De Peste Vitiorum, in one book. Scrutinium Lucis, in one book. De Regimine Principum. |
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